Being Friends With An Enemy

It's not a toy...

The final bell rang, it's finally the end of the day. 5th grade is rough, the bullies constantly pick on me because I'm a huge transformers fan. I might only be 10, but I know almost everything about the movies. The names of both the Autobots and Decepticons, even the new guy in Age of Extinction.

His name is Lockdown, and he's awesome! He has to be my favorite out of all the characters, Optimus Prime comes in second. But I was really sad when I saw Lockdown die, there should have been more of him in the movies! Where was he??

"Ariel! Are you coming?" My friend Cassidy said to me. Yes, I have the name from the famous Disney movie The Little Mermaid. I even have red hair, I'm a born ginger.

"Yeah, I'm coming." I grabbed my Frozen backpack and followed her out of the classroom. I already got everything I need in my backpack.

Our classroom is right near the exit, so Cassidy and I simply walk out and start heading home. Thank god it's Friday, I can finally sleep in for two days. At this school, you have to be here by 7:30 in the morning. I get up at 6 am, it ain't cool either.

Cassidy and I are both neighbors and best friends, we walk home from school every day. Our houses are a five minute walk from the school, so there's no point in taking the bus.

"Are you excited for the next Transformers movie, 'The Last Knight' coming next year?" Cassidy asked.

"Of course! I heard that Barricade and Predacons are coming in, I think Nemesis Prime too. Not entirely sure." I say excitedly.

"Yeah, I just hope it shows more robots than humans this time." She said.

"Me too! Come on, it's called Transformers for a reason, not humans!" I say.

"Exactly! But I know you wished that Lockdown survived in Age of Extinction." Cassidy said.

"Yeah..." I said glumly.

A small shine in the grass caught my eye. I look at where the shine came from, and there's a toy. I got a little closer to pick it up, and it's not just any toy. It's a Lockdown toy.

I gently pick it up and look at it, it looks so real! It has the scars, dents, details, everything but the ship. It doesn't even shine like plastic, it shines like metal. Cassidy looks at it as I feel the detailing on the toys chest.

"That thing is so realistic!" She said.

"I know, I'm gonna take it home and keep it until Monday. I'll take it to school to see if it belongs to anybody, if not, I'm keeping it." I say, hoping it has no owner.

I gently put the toy in my backpack and zip it closed, then we continue walking to our houses. There they are! Cassidy waved goodbye and headed into her house while I go to mine. My Mom and Daddy aren't home yet, I'm always alone for at least 30 minutes before they come home.

I put my backpack on the table and pull out my stuff, my lunchbox, sketchbook where I draw transformers, the Lockdown toy and my sweatshirt. I take out the peanut butter and jelly sandwich I saved from lunch, wasn't really hungry today. But I am now!

I open the Ziplock bag and take out my sandwich, then I take a bite of it. Mmmmm, peanut butter is my favorite. I can't get enough of it.

As I'm eating, I heard a grunt. I immediately stop eating and look around for whoever grunted, but there's nobody. The grunt sounded relatively close by, like right in front of me almost. But the only thing in front of me is the Lockdown toy, that's really weird.

I ignore it and go back to my sandwich, I hear a groan this time. I look around again, nobody. But it's coming from right in front of me, I'm getting a little scared.